HOLIDAY MATSURI AMV CONTEST

[dimensioncr8r]

CALLING ALL AMV EDITORS!!
This is very last second, but we are once again hosting the Holiday Matsuri AMV Contest!
Heres all you need to do for the contest!

. Please submit your entries by Tuseday December 01, 2015 at 11:59 pm. Late entries will be taken into consideration considering the circumstances and time.

. Each entry should be limited to a maximum length of seven minutes. Also keep in mind that we will not take MLP sections or incomplete amv’s into consideration.

. Entries can not be smaller than 640x480 and should not run slower than 23.97 frames per second.

. Entries can be any format except RM, RAM, RA, or FLV.

. It should go without saying, but you cannot submit videos you did not create yourself! Holiday Matsuri accepts entries from anywhere around the world, so there is not need to submit a video on behalf of someone else.

Entries will be disqualified for any of these reasons:
. No Sexual Content whatsoever - We do accept some forms of brief nudity as long as its not to graphic.

. No excessive violence - By this we mean hardcore/gore violence. Can’t have a good action video without a few punches thrown, but keep the blood and gore to a minimum.

. Foul Language - If your song has a few bad words, we will take content into consideration. If we believe theres to many bad words or if the song is to offensive, you will be notified.

If you have any questions regarding your entry and the contents there of, please notify us.

Now heres how to enter!

. Submit your entries to our email: animeamericapodcast@gmail.com

. You are only allowed to submit three entries!

. You may submit your videos using a storage site or even youtube. We have the software to download footage from youtube, so feel free to send us a link of you video using youtube if you want. If you wish to submit using storage sites link dropbox, try not to use sendspace.com. That site has been giving us trouble lately, but we’ll work with anything.

Have any questions regarding how to enter the contest, feel free to contact us.

Here are the categories!

. Best Comedy

. Best Drama

. Best Action

. Best Romance

. Honorable Mentions

. Judges Favorite

. Best Theme: Holiday!

. Best in Show!

The host and judges of Holiday Matsuri’s AMV Contest have the right to add or remove categories.

Convention Information:
Holiday Matsuri will be December 18-20 2015 at the Caribe Royale Orlando Resort in Orlando Florida. The contest will be on Friday at 3:00. Please let us know if you’ll be at the contest or not. This will not deter your entry. We would like to give your prize in person if you attend the contest, but if you can’t make it, we will notify you of your winning video and mail your prizes.
Thank you so much for your interested in Holiday Matsuri’s AMV Contest 2015! We hope to see you and your videos at the show!

http://holidaymatsuri.com/

[shorisquared]

Check your PM and/or email. Thanks

[Xophilarus]

I have a few questions:

1. I know it is a maximum of three entries, but can we only send one per category, or can we potentially send up to three to one category?
2. You list the categories:

. Best Comedy

. Best Drama

. Best Action

. Best Romance

. Honorable Mentions

. Judges Favorite

. Best Theme: Holiday!

. Best in Show!

But this seems like a list of just awards you are giving so which of them are actual categories? I'm assuming comedy, action, drama, and romance are categories, but is Best Theme:Holiday a category as well, or is it integrated in the other categories?

3. Going off of the last question, is Best Theme: Holiday specifically Christmas, or is it any holiday?

4. Most contests have a rule against using intros or credits, is that the case here or are they allowed?

5. What about watermarks? Though I do not personally have any videos with watermarks, I know there will likely be submissions with them, and contests usually have a rule against that as well.

6. You give us an email to send our entries to, but there does not seem to be any kind of submission form so I have no idea what information you want us to send to the email. For example, most submission forms at least include: legal name, preferred name, anime, song, category, and, of course, the link to the video itself.


Your rules seem to be sort of incomplete, and leave out a lot of information most contests have so this is where my confusion is coming from...

[shorisquared]

No answers to questions yet? Alright then...

[Xophilarus]

No answers to questions yet? Alright then...

Tried emailing as well, and haven't gotten a response :/

[dimensioncr8r]

No answers to questions yet? Alright then...

Tried emailing as well, and haven't gotten a response :/

Sorry! My team and I usually handle this with ease, but time hasn't been kind to us recently. One member works full time now, another went back to school, one had to go into surgery, and I had to travel. You can still enter since we don't have that many entries, so let me answer your questions:

I have a few questions:

1. I know it is a maximum of three entries, but can we only send one per category, or can we potentially send up to three to one category?

Send any video you want whether you have one or multiple of the same category. I have one entrant who only sends me actions lol. Just send whatever you want

2. You list the categories:

. Best Comedy

. Best Drama

. Best Action

. Best Romance

. Honorable Mentions

. Judges Favorite

. Best Theme: Holiday!

. Best in Show!

But this seems like a list of just awards you are giving so which of them are actual categories? I'm assuming comedy, action, drama, and romance are categories, but is Best Theme:Holiday a category as well, or is it integrated in the other categories?

These are available categories available for a prize. The typical categories are action, comedy, and drama/romance but if we like a video or if there are no videos that fit the category, we can add or subtract the awards/categories.

3. Going off of the last question, is Best Theme: Holiday specifically Christmas, or is it any holiday?

Best theme:Holiday can be for any holiday. It is a christmas con, but we're not obligated to give the award exclusively to only Christmas ones.

4. Most contests have a rule against using intros or credits, is that the case here or are they allowed?

We don't mind them. They can deter the judging if they're to long, but we don't mind them. I used to do logos on my videos awhile back.

5. What about watermarks? Though I do not personally have any videos with watermarks, I know there will likely be submissions with them, and contests usually have a rule against that as well.

It depends. If its a tv station watermark (as in you download the footage or bought bootleg) we don't judge and accept small watermarks like that. The ones we don't like are the ones that feature the editors name in a large font overlaying the entire video. Can't enjoy a video through a large logo.

6. You give us an email to send our entries to, but there does not seem to be any kind of submission form so I have no idea what information you want us to send to the email. For example, most submission forms at least include: legal name, preferred name, anime, song, category, and, of course, the link to the video itself.

Funny. I usually ask for name of editor and name of video. If the email doesn't provide the editors name, I usually ask for one or use their youtube name, their real name, or email id. If any of them win, I contact them for their home address.


Sorry for the confusion! We're usually better than this, but things have been pretty hectic lately. I mean this contest is literally a last second thing since there was barely any communication between us and the con.
The Con: You're hosting the contest.
Me: Cool..... wait..... we only have a month to do this!!!!

Sorry for the inconvenience and feel free to send us anything you got as soon as you can.

[dimensioncr8r]

Thank you all so much for entering the contest. Here are the winners of the Holiday Matsuri 2015 AMV Contest!

Best in Show: Drinkin Drivin - Lacard
Best Action: Every Scar Will Be My Throne - AntaresHeart07
Best Drama: Game Over - SliceofLife
Best Romance: Feel the Flame - Xophilarus
Best Comedy: Oh Hell No - Shorisquared
Best Editing: Figment Lossless - Bruce
Judges Fav: Yona - Hamstar138
Judges Fav: War of the Universe - Minetcan
Judges Fav: I’ll Be The Hero - Pikapwnsamvs

This was a great year for AMV's and its all thanks to you! If you have any questions, please be sure email me at animeamericapodcast@gmail.com. Thanks again for your participation and stay tuned to anime america!

[AntaresHeart07]

wow, thanks a lot congrats to the other winners!

[SliceofLife]

Wooh! Thank you so much!!

[shorisquared]

Yay! Thanks a lot. Congrats to everyone!